Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, CCL16 mass-spec protein is linked to patient survival in 3 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated CCL16 data layer compared with 23 for mass-spec protein and 4 for mutation status.
The strongest signal is observed in lung squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC), where higher CCL16 mass-spec protein is associated with worse disease-free survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated CCL16 expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker.
LSCC, CCRCC, and LUAD are the cancer types where CCL16 mass-spec protein most reproducibly stratifies survival.